Unit 9 · Lesson 1• 26 min
Writing a Genuine Significance Section
Today's lesson
WritingaGenuineSignificanceSection
The significance section answers the audience's unspoken question
Quick Check
1. What distinguishes strong significance from a vague closing statement?
2. True or False?
"A speech's significance section should generally introduce major new claims not otherwise supported in the speech."
3. What does the 'personalization test' for significance check for?
Answer all 3 questions to check.
A challenge round will appear here shortly.
Takeaway
Write significance in specific, layered terms — personal, community, and forward-looking — grounded in facts already…